On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 8:40 PM, mohit verma <mohit89mlnc@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > hi all, > i have seen many places in kernel where the variables specially the > structures should be of fixed size independent of the architecture. i went > through the definitions of them but dint get clearly (or frankly say > ...dint get them even a bit) . Linux (compiler actually) supports C99 fixed-width types such as 8, 16, 32, 64 bits. Just look through the include/linux/types.h and small example here: http://lxr.linux.no/#linux+v2.6.36/arch/powerpc/boot/types.h#L8 > > so ,can please someone help me to understand this?? > > > thanks in advance for help........ > -- > ........................ > MOHIT VERMA > > _______________________________________________ > Kernelnewbies mailing list > Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies > > -- Regards, Denis _______________________________________________ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies
